The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-25
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

! SECRETARY LAMAR, some months ago, had a
letter from an old lady in Ireland, asking if he
| knew where her son was. This ldndhearted
! Secretary sent an inquiry on foot and found the
| son had killed a man and been hanged for IL IN
one Of the Territories. The Secretary hardly
| knows how to write to the old mother.
AN Iowa editor closes rhapsodical eulogium
of his State in the following style: when the
| roll call is sounded on the Judgment day, and
| the heavens are rolled together as q scroll, and
| the reverberations of wrecked and ruined
worlds peal forth from the fiat of eternal rest,
! want TO hang my weary bones on the galley
| rack Of Immortality and register in four-line
! pea as a man from Iowa
NINE. HUor, the anti-viviscctionist, delivered
recently a sensational lecture in Paris, which
caused such an uproar among the students and
adherents of Pasteur present that the chair
| man, Maj. Marechal, was compelled to dismiss
the audience before the close of the lecture
| Nine. Huot is the lady who thought fit to inter
rupt the proceedings at the unveiling of the
statue of the Psychologist Claude Bernard by
whistng with key, and who during recent
lecture at the Sarbonne protested so loudly
against PaSteur that even the gallant NJ. de
Lesseps lost his patience and demonstrated with
her.
ADvIcEs from Egypt report the death, at an
advanced age, of one of the oldest and best
known consular officials in the East Mehemet
Mustapha Agha was appointed British Consular
Agent at Thebes in 1855 and since that time his
proverbial hospitality to travellers of all ranks
and nationalities has been regarded as one of
the attractions of the Nile "trip. Among his
guests he numbered the Prince of Wales, the
Empress Eugene and members of most of the
royal families of Europe. A native of Egypt,
he had yet travelled in India and gone round the
world His death occurred on July II, within
a few days of the completion of his twenty
eighth year of service.
IT is interesting to take a retrospect of the
past two years and half of Democratic poll
tics. The President entered his Office with
very clear idea of what he proposed to do in
party sense. Under the circumstances of his
surroundings and the pressure which has been
brought TO bear from all quarters, not to speak
of threats and clamor, he has succeeded better
than any of his predecessors who have under
taken such herculean task. The reason that
the mutterings of disappointment are no longer
heard is because the young, vigorous and ag
gressive men of the party, who are abreast of
the times, have been brought to the front, and
the ancient barnacles who helped to scuttle the
Democratic ship have been sent to the bottom.
The political rubbish of the last quarter of
century has been thrown overheard, and the
ship llghtened and trimmed for the campaign
of 1885
The creosoting or preserving of pine timber
for docks and wharves and for the construction
of railroads has became one of the great inter
ests of the Atlantic coast. The works of a large
concern are located at Wilmington, Del, and
other works are being constructed at Fernan-
dina, Fla. Yellow pine logs, 90 to 80 feet in
length, are taken, placed into the cylinder re-
tOrts and forced full of creosote. This treat
ment preserves the timber against dry and
water rot, as well as against the raw
ages of the teredo worm in salt
water. Millions of feet of timber for cross
ties are sent to South America, and there is
prospect that 100000 feet or more of lumber
will be sent to France within the next twelve
months. The works at Wilmington have a
capacity for creosoting 100,0 900 feet of timber
day. c. P; Huntington is having dry dock
cor tnI az NauFG ha Try
dock in this country, the timber Of which is
creosoted.
Mr.. INGLIS a resident of Travancore, India,
had narrow escape from death the other day,
having to run for his life before a rogue ele-
plant. The animal was among the small clump
of trees close to the jungle path by which Mr.
lngls had to pass. After careful survey of
the monarch that gentleman dared to throw
stones at him The first one missed and only
caused the animal to cock his ears to catch the
slightest sound. The second went straighter
and hit him right in the eye The elephant
made salaam-like movement of his trunk, &C
cOmpanied with a terrific roar of anger, and
made straight for his assailant at a furious pace
Mr. lngis however, was too clever for him. and
ran verS fast. but, III suddenly turning a corner
round a huge tree, he stumbled and fell. The
elephant was close on him with outStretched
trunk, the point of which at one time touched
Mr. lngliS' coat, and had his fore foot already
raised to crnsh him; but the animals head be-
ing caught at this instant by the tendriIs of a
climbing plant which had suspended itself from
the branches above, he turned away, leaving
Mr.. IngliS frightened, but with no limb broken.
The rogue is a great terror on the hills
THE coming gathering of the Democrats in
New York is likely to lead to some very sig
nifcant developments. While the old FOUNDERS
mere clamorng for places, and would not be
comforted because they were not forthcoming,
the President, with the aid of his private secre-
tary, has been quietly perfecting an organiza
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twelve months in the affairs of the Democratic
party and the national campaign. In this inn
portant work the President could not have
found anywhere person more competent to
fill its requirements than Col Lamont He
held practically the same relations in
party mobilization and movements to Samuel J.
Gilden during the most vigorous campaigns of
the Democratic party within the past ten years.
1t was Mr.. Manning, that shrewd judge of men
and merit, who discovered the political astute-
ness of the young man from Cortland county
and brought him to the attention of the sage of
Greystone. With such field before him it did
not take long for Lamont to demonstrate his
usefulness, and naturally he was recommended
to the new Governor, who had not given much
attention to politics beyond the limits of Erie
county.
AT Newport the bay is full of pleasure
yachts-the finest fleet of the kind in the world,
as far as known. Life on these vessels is luxu-
rious, and little lascivious. The utmost free
dom of the sexes seems to prevail and it is no
uncommon thing to observe young men and
girls asleep on deck in the same sill6en woven
hammocks. 1t is the rule, rather than the ex-
ception, that handsome wives of owners and
guests, after the wine and game dinners which
Lucullus would have envied, if he had not dined
and dilated some 1000 years too soon, shall
rest on the deck in the hammocks of
others, rather than those of their own liege
lords. Able aeamen of the yachts are speci-
ally employed to fan the couples thus reposing;
and am told that one very discreet millionaire
who issues many invitations for long cruises on
his large and feet steam yacht accompanies
each invitation with postscript notice 10 the
effect that no seaman on the -- can either
hear, speak or write" The Newport ladies
have reduced hammock filtration to a science,
and the attitudes into which they can throw
themselves in these plant couches would Justify
a true artist in throwing the "Tmee Graces''
overheard and substituting yacht owners wives
and daughters as models
CURIOUS ATTEMPT to poison British regi-
ment wholesale occurred recently in India. The
following account of the affair is given
by correspondent of the Indian
Railicay Service Gazette: Every con-
siderable excitement has been aroused at
Agra owing TO an attempt that has been made
TO poison the Manchester Regiment stationed
there 1t seems that some seventy men belong
ing TO this regiment, shortly after visiting the
canteen, were seized with violent attacks of
vomiting which created a suspicion that some
thing was wrong with the beer. The beer on